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My understanding (used to live in HR, recalling from local papers years ago) was that it wasn't just the hydro power, it was the local power infrastructure. The Dalles used to (past tense?) have a major aluminium plant, so there was a lot of... whatever, already there.

Peering, yes. But as far as fiber goes? We can't be dismissed. We have major fiber points and most fiber going from CA to WA (the two major peering points on West) goes through Portland.

However, our overall fiber penetration sucks. IE: we are a major fiber hub, but it's very selective in the location, such as in consumer markets. Hence, why we don't already have decent fiber service from the major telcos. And why comcrap has substandard service even for them. No competition in the consumer market. Period.

Fiber going through Portland, but not stopping for peering doesn't really help. All you have to do is look at the peers at a place like PNAP (Pittock) and you can see that we're not much of a hub. Even the major CDNs don't peer here, which is a serious bummer. If you're on Comcast in Seattle you're getting content right off a CDN peer in Seattle. If you're in Portland you hop on Comcast's horrible crowded link to Seattle to get that same content.

Having moved here from out of state recently, I had to go through the terrible endeavor of dealing with Comcast. It seemed like the service would be fine and dandy at first, but after a week or so the troubles started. Phantom charges, dropped service, and the worst WORST customer service I have ever dealt with in my life. I hate that corporation more than most and with there was some way to stick it to them. My roommate and I cancelled our service with them last month, but I with there was something more detrimental we could do...